Properties
- It is a very good appetizer
- Digests the ama
- Increases the Agni
- Best in reliving the flatulence
- Balances vata and kapha
- Increases pitta
Indication
- Chronic fever
- Delayed menstruation
- Difficulty in delivery
- Loss of appetite
- Indigestion
- Constipation
- Stomach pain
- Dry piles
- Enlargement of abdomen
Ingredients
- Tamarind – 10 gm
- Tomato – 1
- Rock salt – to taste
- Turmeric powder – 1 pinch
- Thoor dal – ¼ cup
- Pepper – 1 spoon
- Cumin seeds – 1 spoon
- Long pepper roots – 5 gm
- Ghee –1 spoon
- Mustard – ½ spoon
- Asafoetida – 2 pinch
- Curry leaves – 1 sprig
- Coriander leaves – few
- Water – sufficient quantity
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Preparation
- Squeeze the tamarind in the water
- Add chopped tomatoes, a pinch of turmeric powder and rock salt to it
- Let it boil in low flame till the tomatoes becomes soft
- Boil and mash the thoor dal separately
- Fry pepper, long pepper roots and cumin in little ghee
- Coarsely powder it
- Add this powder to the boiling soup
- Also add the mashed thoor dal
- Let it boil for a few minutes
- Take it away from fire
- Add chopped curry leaves and coriander leaves
- Season it with ghee, mustard seeds and asafoetida
- This can be served with rice and suitable side dish
